Triple
T15246706
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | George Pepperdine |
E364400
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
founding of Western Auto Supply Company
The founding of Western Auto Supply Company marks George Pepperdine’s creation of a pioneering American retail chain specializing in automobile parts and accessories in the early 20th century.
|
E1145632
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (4 steps)
Every LLM step that produced this triple, in pipeline order — named-entity classification, the disambiguation choices (the exact options shown, with the pick highlighted), and the generated description. The batch + timestamp of each is in the Provenance table below.
NER
Named-entity recognition
gpt-5-mini
Instruction
Given a phrase, classify it is english named entity (e.g., persons, organizations, works of art) in Latin script, or not (e.g., literals, dates, URLs, verbose phrases). For disambiguation, the statement where the phrase occurs as object is also given. Please return a JSON object with `phrase` (string, the phrase being analyzed) and `is_ne` (boolean, indicating whether the phrase is a Named Entity).
Input
Phrase: founding of Western Auto Supply Company | Statement: [George Pepperdine, notableWork, founding of Western Auto Supply Company]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: founding of Western Auto Supply Company Context triple: [George Pepperdine, notableWork, founding of Western Auto Supply Company]
-
A.
J. B. Ford and Company
J. B. Ford and Company was a 19th-century American publishing house known for issuing popular literary and religious works.
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B.
Sprague Electric Company
Sprague Electric Company was a major 20th-century American electronics manufacturer known for producing capacitors and other components, whose large plant in North Adams, Massachusetts later became the site of the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA).
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C.
F. H. Royce & Company
F. H. Royce & Company was an early engineering firm founded by Henry Royce that specialized in electrical and mechanical equipment before evolving into the company behind Rolls-Royce automobiles.
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D.
American Car and Foundry
American Car and Foundry was a major American manufacturer of railroad rolling stock and related equipment, known for producing a wide range of passenger and freight cars throughout the 20th century.
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E.
California Motor Transport Company
California Motor Transport Company was a trucking firm involved in a landmark U.S. Supreme Court antitrust case concerning the use of governmental and judicial processes to restrict competition in the trucking industry.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg
Description generation
gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. # Instructions Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: founding of Western Auto Supply Company Triple: [George Pepperdine, notableWork, founding of Western Auto Supply Company]
Generated description
The founding of Western Auto Supply Company marks George Pepperdine’s creation of a pioneering American retail chain specializing in automobile parts and accessories in the early 20th century.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: founding of Western Auto Supply Company Target entity description: The founding of Western Auto Supply Company marks George Pepperdine’s creation of a pioneering American retail chain specializing in automobile parts and accessories in the early 20th century.
-
A.
J. B. Ford and Company
J. B. Ford and Company was a 19th-century American publishing house known for issuing popular literary and religious works.
-
B.
Sprague Electric Company
Sprague Electric Company was a major 20th-century American electronics manufacturer known for producing capacitors and other components, whose large plant in North Adams, Massachusetts later became the site of the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA).
-
C.
F. H. Royce & Company
F. H. Royce & Company was an early engineering firm founded by Henry Royce that specialized in electrical and mechanical equipment before evolving into the company behind Rolls-Royce automobiles.
-
D.
American Car and Foundry
American Car and Foundry was a major American manufacturer of railroad rolling stock and related equipment, known for producing a wide range of passenger and freight cars throughout the 20th century.
-
E.
California Motor Transport Company
California Motor Transport Company was a trucking firm involved in a landmark U.S. Supreme Court antitrust case concerning the use of governmental and judicial processes to restrict competition in the trucking industry.
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (5 batches)
The batch behind each pipeline step, in order, with when it ran. Timestamps are batch-level — stages were processed in waves, so the object chain (NER → NED1 → NEDg → NED2) reads in order, but predicate / elicitation batches can sit in a different wave.
| Step | Stage | Batch ID | Status | When |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| creating | Elicitation | batch_69d85a0dde7481908fc64d1e82d5d20d |
completed | April 10, 2026, 2:01 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e007f4f9d48190b96a7e0c6993cd69 |
completed | April 15, 2026, 9:49 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69fedd491cd881908bad9660af9b6b8f |
completed | May 9, 2026, 7:07 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69fedf6ee3f081909553078cd3e9d243 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 7:17 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69fee0016a088190ad87268e035f677e |
completed | May 9, 2026, 7:19 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3:13 a.m.